Monday, May 16, 2011

Gallery Wall for Cheaters

I have always loved the look and concept of gallery walls, but have lacked the motivation and "expertise" needed to put one together. Here's my "cheater" version of a gallery wall in our dining room....(don't mind the ceiling, it had some cracks and now needs to be repainted!)...

Super simple! The hardest part is making sure the shelves are straight :) Just arrange your pictures any way you want. Our shelves and frames are all from IKEA, the Ribba line. Bonus: soooo easy to rearrange or change out a picture!﻿

I still want to create a real gallery wall in my living room, but for the dining room, this is doing the trick!

Looks fabulous. I have to ask you what the color of the shelves and frame are? I have everything set up in black frames, my wall is the same color as yours. I'm unsure how it will look. Did you use black or brown? Thanks.

We have those same shelves from Ikea-except mine sat in the basement for 3 years because I was "going" to paint them brown to go with our woodwork. . . until hubs finally gave up and did it for me :) Not a bad plan actually. Love how you have frames that are all black to draw things together.

the look of this is crisp and clean. i love how you arranged the frames. visiting from shabby chic's parting. am following you now. stop over and check mine out sometime.

also, was wondering if you would give me permission to use one of these photos to add to my post as an example of a gallery wall. i'd give you 3 linkbacks on it. just let me know. blessings, andijaye @http://crayonfreckles.blogspot.com

I love this idea. seriously I love the look. Thank you for the inspiration. I pinned this :) I am visiting from TT&J linky party. come and say hi. I also have a really fun giveaway next week so check back.

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Simply. Gorgeous. I like it so much I am a new follower!! I am visiting from Tatertots and Jello and I would LOVE if you could link up your awesome post to my very first crafty linky party! This is the first week of Delicately Constructed Fridays and I would really appreciate the link!Hope you have a great weekend!Michellewww.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com

I love this, and I don't think it's cheating at all. It's got such a nice, clean look. I've been wanting to do this for so long, and now that I see how awesome it looks in your house, I REALLY want to do it now. We're going to be moving in a couple of years, though, and I don't want to put anymore holes in my walls (or put anymore effort into this house), so I'm going to file this link away in my "ideas for the new house" folder. ;) Thanks!!!

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